Cash-register.



Patented Aug. I5, I899.

J. PALLWEBER.

CASH REGISTER.

(Applicntion filed J 19,

m W m A 0 .1

(No Model.)

WITNESSES:

ATTDRNEYS.

No. 630,922. Patented Aug. l5, I899. J. PALLWEBER.

CASH REGISTER.

' (Application filed In. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.) 2 sheets sheet 2 WITNESSES: INVENTUR Q I v W W. I L Y 1 x I: h, H ATTDRNEYE.

w: NORRIS PETERS w mom-Lune. wAsmrenrm, D. cv

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH PALLVEBER, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FABRIK MEOHANISOHER APPARATE GESELLSCHAFT MIT BF- SCHRANKTER HAFTUNG, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 630,922, dated August 15, 1899.

Application filed Jan ary 19, 1898. Serial No. 667,151. (No model.)

To all whom it 12mg concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH PALLWEBER, residing at F rankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers and Like Indicating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cash-registers and like indicating devices; and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and efiicient apparatus which will upon the opening and closing of the cash-drawer indicate the sums entered and continually add them together and will also issue a ticket or a slip of paper having printed thereon the amount paid and, if. desired, the date and name of the firm or owner or such other indications as may be desired. I

To this end my invention consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,wherein like characters indicate corresponding parts in the various views, Figure 1 is a side view of sufficient number of parts of a cash-register or like device to illustrate my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the printing devices and means for effecting the printing and cutting of the strip, and Fig. 1 is an end View of the printing devices viewed from a direction opposite to the direction of view in Fig. 3.

The whole mechanism forming the subjectmatter of my invention occupies but little space in one corner or portion of the casing in which it is supported, and the printed check or ticket is pushed through an opening on the top and is then cutoff. The corner of the casing in which the mechanism rests is shown as bounded on two sides by the walls 1 and 2 and on the other side by the walls 3 and 4, the latter walls not reaching the bottom of the casing, but serving merely to inclose the mechanism. Across the chamber formed by these Walls are mounted fixed shafts 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, the last of which shafts (9) extends across the entire casi11g--not merely to the partition-wall 3, as the other shafts do. The shaft 9 carries the gearwheels 14., 15, 16, and 17 necessary to operate the type-wheels 10, 11, 12, and 13. By means of superimposed sleeves the gearwheels are so connected with the type-wheels 10, 11, 12, and 13 that they are put in motion independently of one another. The gearwheels 14 to 17 are connected with superimposed corresponding registering-dru ms in the register (which are not shown in the drawings) in such a way that the type-wheels 10, 11, 12, and 13 exactly follow the registeringwheels. On the fixed shaft 8 are loosely mounted four (more or less) type-drums 18, 19, 20, and 21, which are movable independently of each other and are used to print the date and must be set each day by hand. The fixed shaft 5 carries a pivoted angular lever composed of arms 22 and 23, which serves to actuate the knife to out off the slip of paper or ticket. A lever 24: and an arm 25 vibrate on the shaft 6. These levers 21 and 25 are connected by a sleeve 25*, loose upon the shaft 6, so that they move together. The front and longer arm of the lever 24 is provided with a Weight 26, which forces it after being lifted to return to the position shown in Fig. 1. To avoid the noise made by the weight 26 falling, a buffer of fel" 27 or other similar material is provided, upon which the weight rests. To the end of the shorter arm of lever 24. a friction-roller 28 is attached, on which rests the foot 30 of the printing-frame 29, which carries the paper-roll, the paper-feed, and cutting apparatus. The printing-frame 29 is secured to and movable on the fixed shaft 7, and the front end of said frame is normally supported in place, as indicated in Fig. 1, by the roller 28 of the lever 24 until the said le ver is depressed to lower the roller 28 to effect the printing. A roller 33 is connected to the drawer 32 by means of a bar 35, which is pivoted at 36 to the drawer and extends adjacent to thewall 1 of the casing. A second roller 37 is likewise connected to thebar 35 adjacent to the roller 33 in order to support the free end of the bar 35. The lever 25 carries a cam 31, over which the roller runs as thedrawer 32 is opened and then falls olf of said cam, so that in closing the drawer 32 the roller 33 will strike the under face of the cam 31 and will raise the lever 25 and with it the front arm of the two-armed lever 24-, thereby depressing the rear arm with the roller 28 and the frame 29. To avoid noise by the roller 33 falling from the cam 31, a buffer 31-, of felt or similar material, is provided to receive the impact of the roller when falling. The shape of the frame 29 is best shown in Fig. 1. In this frame a paper-roll 38 is hung on the shaft $0. The feeding mechanism for the paper and the cutting device are also carried by the frame.

The feeding mechanism for the paper strip consists of a metallic roll 41 and a rubber roll &2, between which the paper is drawn from the paper roll or reel 38. Motion is transmit ted to the rubber roll 42 by the gear-wheels 4C3 on the shaft thereof, driven by the wheel 41, and feeds the paper by means of the frietion created between the faces of the two feedrolls. The gear-wheel 4% is provided on one side with pins 15, which constitute the means by which the wheel is operated and which cooperate with the gravity-pawl T6 to prevent backward movement of the wheel 4A. The operation of the gear-wheel 1t and the paperfceding mechanism is not continuous, but is effected while the-drawer 32 is closed by means of the pusher-bar 17, which is pivoted on the bracket 4:8 on the drawer and is held in operative position by aspring,the tension of which is exerted to elevate the free end of the pusherbar $7. The paper is carried along the guides 50, at the end of which is the cutting mechanism. This latter consists of a pair of cutting-blades, the upper one of which, 51, is stationary, while the lower blade 52 is movable and is normally maintained away from the stationary blade by the spring 53. To the blade 52 is attached a pin 51, with which the bar 55 is adapted to engage. The bar 55 is pivoted to the arm 23 of the angular lever, which moves about the shaft At the proper time the bar 55 engages the pin 51, and thus causes the blade 52 to cooperate with the blade 51 to cut the strip of paper. A bar 56 is attached to a wall of the drawer, which faces the vertical wall 1. To this bar is attached a swinging arm 57, which carries an ink-roll 58, which may be supplied with ink either automatically or by hand. Pins 59 and 60 are provided upon the bar 56 to limit the movement of the arm 57. The downwardlyprojecting table 61 is for the purpose of guiding the check to the top of the casing.

The operation of the device is as follows: hen the drawer, Fig. 1, is opened, the bars 35, 4:7, and 56, which are connected thereto, are drawn to the right, the roller 33 traveling up and over the cam 31 on the lever 25. During this operation the ink-roller 58 rolls over the type-drums 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, and 21, and thus inks them. Another application of ink occurs, however, as the drawer is closed before printing. During the operation of the drawer the position of the paper strip is that shown in Fig. 1, where the end is just between the knives. XVhen the drawer is being closed,

the levers 21 and 25 are lifted by the roller on bar 35 operatingupon the cam 31, fastened to the arm 25, whereby the printing-frame 2.) is lowered. The paper strip iuclosed by the guides 50 is lowered upon the type-wheels and receives the printing impression. Then as the drawer 32 is pushed farther in the arm 25 is no longer supported by the roller and the frame 20 is again moved around its pivot into the initial position by the descent of the weight 26, fastened to the lever 24. Meanwhile the bar-l7, carried by the drawer, strikes against one of the pins d5 of the gear-wheel 4.4., thereby causing a partial rotation of said wheel as the drawer continues to move. The feeding-rollers 41 and -12, which mesh with the wheel 44:, are thus given a partial rotation which feeds forward the strip of paper that has justbeen printed. As the drawer reaches the extremity of its inward movement the inkroller 58, attached to the bar 56, comes against the arm 22 of the angular lever 22 23. This causes the bar 55 and the blade 52 to be pressed against the cutting-face of the blade 51, which results in the printed portion of the paper strip being severed. The finished printed check or ticket then lies on the lid of the casing. When the drawer is opened, the backward turning of the wheel 41 through the friction between the bar 17 and the pin 45 is prevented by the gravity-pawl16. The same operation takes place at every opening and closing of the drawer.

What I claim, and desire to secure by l .etters Patent, is

1. The herein-described improvement in apparatus for printing and delivering checks in cash-registers, the combination of a series of type-wheels, a movable drawer, a movable printing-frame for receiving and guiding the strip and pressing the same against the typewheels to effect the printing, a projection on the drawer for effecting the movement of the printing-frame, a strip-feeding device for feeding the strip, separate means carried by the drawer for operating the strip-feeding device, the said parts being so combined that the printing will first be effected and the strip-feeding mechanism will thereupon come into action to feed the strip.

2. The herein-described improvement in apparatus for printing and delivering checks in cash-registers, the combination of a series of type-wheels, a moving printing-frame provided with guides for carrying and guiding printin g-stri p, a drawer, means carried by the said drawer for effecting the moving of the frame to bring the strip against the typewheels and effecting the return of the frame to its initial position, a strip-feeding mechanism and means carried by the drawer for actuating the strip-feeding mechanism, said parts being combined and arranged so that the printing will first be effected and the frame restored to its initial position and thereupon the strip will be fed.

The herein-described improvement in apparatus for printing and delivering checks .in cash-registers, the combination of a series of type-wheels, a drawer, an inking-roller carried by the said drawer and operating to ink the type-wheels, a printing mechanism carry in g a strip, a projection carried by the drawer for effecting the movement of the printing mechanism to bring the strip in contact with the type-wheels and to restore the same to its initial position, a strip-feedingmechan ism, a projection on the drawer for operating the said strip-feeding mechanism, the said parts being combined and arranged so that the printing will be effected and the strip restored to its initial position and the strip-feeding mechanism actuated.

4:. The herein-described improvement in apparatus for printing and delivering checks in cash-registers, the combination of a series of type-wheels with means for inking the same, a swinging frame pivoted at ornear one end and provided with guides for receiving a strip to be printed; a counterweighted pivoted lever 24, supporting the printing-frame and provided with a cam, a drawer, a projection carried by the said drawer for engaging the cam and raising the counterweighted end of the lever 24, whereby the printing-frame will be swung so as to bring a check-strip carried thereby into contact with the type-wheels and will be restored to its initial position by the counterbalance of the lever when the drawer has effected a further movement, and a strip-feeding mechanism comprising roller 41 42 and a wheel fordriving the same and a projection carried by the drawer for moving the driving-wheel, the said parts being combined so that the strip-feeding occurs after the printing has been eifeeted.

5. The herein-described improvement in apparatus for printing and delivering checks in cash-registers, the combination of a series of type-wheels with means for inking the same, a swinging frame pivoted at or near one end and provided with guides for receiving a strip to be printed; a couuterweighted pivoted lever 24 supporting the printing-frame and provided with a cam, adrawer, a projection carried by the said drawer for engaging the cam and raising the counterweighted end of the lever 24, wherein the printing-frame will be swung so as to bringa check-strip carried thereby into contact with the type-wheels and will be restored to its initial position by the counterbalance of the lever when the drawer has effected a further movement and a strip-feeding mechanism, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The herein-described improvement in apparatus for printing and delivering checks in cash-registers, the combination of a series of type-wheels, a drawer, a roller carried by the said drawer for inking the type-wheels and frame 29 carrying a paper-roll 38 and the strip-cutting mechanism, pivoted levers 24 and 25 governing the operation of the frame 29, an arm 33 for oscillating the levers 24 and 25, a counterweight for restoring the levers 24 and 25 to their initial positions and thereby raising the printing-frame, a strip-feeding mechanism combined with a projection carried by the drawer arranged to operate the strip-feeding mechanism after the printing has been effected and a strip-cutting mecl1- anism comprising in its structure a plurality of knives one of which is movable with respect to the other and means for actuating the movable knife comprising in its structure a lever 22 23 adapted to be swung by contact of the ink-roller therewith to move the 1novable knife to effect the severing of the strip.

JOSEPH PALLWEBER.

Vitnesses:

DEAN B. MASON, JEAN GBUND. 

